Kingdom of Bali

The Kingdom of Bali (914-1908) was an empire located on the islands of Bali and Lombok in present-day Indonesia with colonies on Java and Sumbawa. It was an uncivilized nation, and on 18 December 1858 it became a protectorate of the Netherlands. In 1908, after seven Dutch interventions on Bali, the country was occupied and annexed.

History
The Bali Kingdom was created around 914 after Sri Kesari created the Belanjong pillar, which described his military campaign on Bali, uniting the tribes into a kingdom. Because of Bali's proximity to Java, Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhism spread to Bali and shaped its culture. It was a small and peaceful empire up until the 19th century, when the Dutch East Indies carried out a series of military interventions against the minor kingdoms of Bali. In 1858, Bali was defeated at the Battle of Bali and became a protectorate, and all resistance was subdued within 50 years, when it became a region of the Netherlands' colonial empire.